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Add your drone and batteries

Add a drone with its specs filled in for you, then its batteries and controller, so the planner and your flight log can use them.

Menu
Office › Equipment › Equipment
Direct link
skysuite.pro/office/equipment
Level
Basic
Length
7 steps, about 3 minutes
  1. Step 1: In the left menu, click “Equipment” to open the group.

    Opens“Equipment”, “Inventory”, “Checklists”, “Flight Log” and “Rentals”.

    The Equipment group in the left menu.
  2. Step 2: Click “Equipment”.

    OpensThe “Equipment Fleet” page: your drones, batteries and other gear.

    Equipment in the Equipment group.
  3. Step 3: Click “Add Equipment”.

    OpensThe “Add Equipment” box, asking what the equipment is.

    The Add Equipment button on the Equipment Fleet page.
  4. Step 4: Type the make and model, for example “DJI Matrice 4E”. “Auto-fill with AI” (marker 1) fills in the specs for you and uses a credit; turn it off to type them yourself, or click “Browse the shared catalog” (marker 2) to pick the model from a list.

    The Add Equipment box with Auto-fill with AI and Browse the shared catalog.
  5. Step 5: Click “Next” (marker 1).

    Opens“Your-unit details” for this one drone.

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    The Next button in the Add Equipment box.
  6. Step 6: Pick the “Type” and “Status” (“In service” for a drone you fly), and add “Registration / FAA” and “Remote ID Serial”. “Nickname (optional)” helps when you have two of the same model.

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  7. Step 7: Click “Save”.

    OpensThe “Equipment Fleet” page, with your drone under “Drones”. Add each battery and the controller the same way; they show under “Batteries & power” and “Other”.

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Bound a DJI controller? “Sync from controller” at the top of the page brings in your aircraft and batteries for you. The mission planner lists only drones on this page: Plan a mission. More: Equipment.

See a label on your screen that differs from this guide? Send us a ticket and we'll fix the guide. Still stuck? Ask Sky: go to Office › Community › Chat and open your System Chat.